Civilian Killed in Taliban Attack on Polling Center - Herat (2019)

Document
Date
۶ مهر ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Obe
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3711379793196

Longitude: 63.1976078112597

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Obe
Town Village
Obe, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Ground attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces attacked a polling center in Obe District, where fighting continued for an hour. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded during the assault on the electoral facility. The attack targeted the voting location during election activities, resulting in civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3